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I’ve created a community for free game offers (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 year ago by smeg@feddit.uk to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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Hello fellow patient gamers, this is a cheeky self-plug for !freegames@feddit.uk, a community I've created to post limited-time full-game free giveaways. The reward for being patient is that sometimes you get freebies; post them here if you spot them first, or comment to say whether it's a must play for everyone or if zero cost is still too expensive!

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[–] purplepudding@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Subscribed - great idea 😁

[–] maltasoron@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome, thanks!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

You're welcome, hope it turns out to be useful!

[–] gentoo_biscuit@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm always missing those offers. This will help.. but I'll still miss offers tbh lol

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Ah well, if it even helps you get one game you enjoy then it'll be worth it!

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You could subscribe to the rss feed

[–] gentoo_biscuit@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know rss has been around but I have no idea what it is

[–] casualhippo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tl:dr; rss is a standard format for updates (think title, description, link). Think about rss updates as emails and an rss reader as an email inbox

[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How and where do you subscribe to rss?

[–] rozPierog@social.fossware.space 2 points 1 year ago

You can use one of the bunch of RSS feed readers to do that. I haven't use it for years (basically since I lost everything I had on Google reader) so I cannot recommend you any apps

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I tried subscribing to the RSS feed and it loaded the initial content but then never updated, have you had better luck with this or is it a bit buggy in general?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

FYI there's already an active freegames @ lemmy.ml

http://lemmy.ml/c/freegames

[–] McNasty@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

lemmy.ml has been defederated by many instances.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Cheers, though it doesn't look that active. I guess we can see if one becomes dominant!

[–] briongloid@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

!freegames@lemmy.ml

[–] JohnnyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't work in Connect for Lemmy!

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Good idea; I'm in.

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meaning like posting the offers for free games on gog and the weekly ones on epic? Sounds great

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah pretty much! There's a sticky post with all the places I usually check, my plan is to basically post whenever I check and see anything new.

[–] Leilys@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

I used to subscribe to r/freegames so this rocks! Thanks for creating it!

[–] You_are_dust@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome. Thanks!

[–] Zak8022@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome idea, joined!

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